Breastfeeding A Guide to Getting Started
Many moms want to breastfeed, but get intimidated with learning how. Here are some tips to get you started!
Superfood Recipes Made Easy
Grocery shopping can be much easier for a mama-to-be when you have a manageable list of pregnancy “superfoods”-ingredients recommended by health organizations that are both safe during pregnancy and rich in vitamins and minerals.
Kentucky One Health ‘Hybrid’ Practice Welcomes High- and Low-Risk Patients
Kristine Lain, MD, derives great joy from accompanying pregnant women on their journey toward childbirth.
Milk & Cookies Recipes to Support Breastmilk Supply
Any food that is high in soluble fiber can help support a mom’s milk supply and overall health. In this recipe, these are the oats, dried fruit, nuts, ground flax seeds and chia seeds.
Baby Manners Advice From the Crowd on Etiquette for the Expecting
Gift buying is one way your friends and family might celebrate a new baby on the way
Placenta Pills Why Moms Are Saving Their Placenta After Childbirth
You learn in any childbirth class or book about the placenta- the organ that provides nutrients to an unborn baby.
Acupuncture & Pregnancy An Alternative Therapy for Prenatal Health
From fertility issues to decreasing morning sickness, acupuncture may be the key to many pregnancy woes.
Build a Better Birth It’s All About Options in Maternity
This past year I went from being the mother of one, to the mother of two. Even though both my children were born in Lexington, the two experiences were as different as night and day.
Postpartum Doulas: Finding Support After Birth
Every mother deserves a support system when a new baby arrives. Postpartum doulas are one way to build that system and help not just mom, but the whole family. For Julie Six, owner of The Birth Haven, postpartum doulas were an unwritten offering in the past. Postpartum services weren’t publicized as heavily as their birth […]
Finding Relief in HypnoBirthing
Birth is often approached as a medical event, but Amy Rickard believes it should be seen more as a life experience focused on a family. That is just part of her philosophy in her HypnoBirthing classes. HypnoBirthing, the Mongan Method, is a childbirth education class that focuses on visualization and self-hypnosis as keys to having […]